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[Music] on the 28th in February 1997 Los Angeles police officers perello and Ferrell were
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on routine patrol driving along Laurel Canyon Boulevard North Hollywood as they were driving past the Bank of America
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they saw two large figures dressed in black clothing entering the bank both were wearing ski masks both had body
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armor on and both were carrying large automatic assault rifles launching you know the pictures afternoon child Bank
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of America Merrill Canyon or the kids which [Music] [Music] before we get to the bank we go back to
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1967 Larry Phillips senior was just one year out of high school when he was sent
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to jail for grave desecration a drunken prank where he tried to dig up a grave and remove the head of a corpse he was
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paroled in January 1968 but his freedom only lasted three months he was sent back to jail for robbing a gas station
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after just three months back in jail he was transferred to Colorado State Hospital which was a psychiatric
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hospital the reason for the transferred air is unknown but after 10 months Larry
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Phillips senior had enough and he escaped the date was the 18th of April 1969 a warrant was immediately issued
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for his arrest once he escaped Larry's senior picked up his girlfriend Dorothy clay very little is known about
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Dorothy but there are reports she herself had a criminal history with previous jail time both Larry senior and
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Dorothy used many different aliases to avoid detection while slower on the run not much is known about them for the
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next few years but at some point now made their way to California and it was at the California Hospital in Los
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Angeles on the 20th of September 1970 that Larry Phillips jr. was born except the name that appeared on his birth
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certificate was the Larry Eugene waffle it wouldn't be known as Larry Phillips jr. until 17 years later his parents
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were listed on his birth certificate as Barbara Allen and Daniel waffle their occupations and addresses were also fake
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Larry Phillips senior was still on the run they lied on the birth certificate to
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keep the law from catching up with them after the birth of Larry Phillips jr. the family disappears again they
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disappear until the 22nd of September 1976 Dorothy and Larry jr. were living in a small town near Denver Larry Sanger
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wasn't living with them at the time but he visited that day to celebrate Larry juniors sixth birthday it's
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unknown who tipped them off but shortly after Larry senior arrived seven FBI agents stormed the house and arrested
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him he was sent back to jail to serve the rest of his sentence for the gas station robbery after being on the run
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for seven years an idea that was an experience Larry jr. wouldn't forget but 1980
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Larry's senior and Dorothy had divorced during his Ferretti visitation with Larry jr. Larry's senior passed on his
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any police and anti-establishment views in 1986 Dorothy decided to move to Los Angeles Larry jr. had quit high school
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in the ninth grade and he was dating a girl by the name of Sharon Santos who would later become his wife and mother
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to his two children while now Larry jr. had developed our love of bodybuilding once moving to Los Angeles he quickly
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bought a five year membership to the world-famous Gold's Gym at Venice Beach like so many before him Larry jr. had
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plans to make it peak he wanted to be the next Arnold Schwarzenegger he was committed to his trips to Gold's Gym
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with two hours each way from where he was living but after a few years he realized he wasn't going to make it as a
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professional bodybuilder he led his gym membership expire and look to other avenues to find his fortune in 1990 he
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looked to cash in on the Los Angeles booming property market he applied for and was granted a real estate sales
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license it was granted on the grounds that he passed the future exam and that he would come up clean on a background
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check it was the background check that was his undoing a fingerprint check matched him
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to an arrest in 1989 where he shoplifted $400 worth of clothes it was his first and only arrest at the time his
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bodybuilding dream didn't work out and now he's planned real estate career was taken away Larry jr. became down-and-out
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instead of taking responsibility he decided to blame everybody else he came to resent society and its rules he
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decided to move back to Denver with his wife Sharon and his children Larry found
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alternative methods to try and make it rich he contacted local real estate agents and went through a number of
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properties up with the sale he posed as a prospective buyer he would watch the real estate agent unlock their houses
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lockbox which contained the keys and then he would memorize their combination he then placed his own ads in the local
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paper under a fake name claiming to have several rental properties available people would ring him up and he would
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take the prospective renters to inspect the properties that were actually for sale
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Larry would claim the sale of the house had gone through and the new owners wanted to rent the property out as soon
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as possible he accepted down payments for rent and security deposits but the scheme didn't last long he was arrested
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it was charged with this game but he was released pending a sentencing hearing Larry was looking at two years in Denver
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County Jail whilst also participating in a work-release program whilst waiting for his sentencing to be official he
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split up from Sharon it was 1992 when he walked out on her and their two kids he didn't show up for his sentencing
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hearing and a warrant was issued for his arrest it was back in 1989 while still working at a Gold's Gym in Venice Beach
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that Larry Phillips jr. met his friend Emil Madison Oh Emil also had an interest in bodybuilding as well as an
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interest in firearms Emil was born in Romania on the 19th of July 1966 he migrated to the USA in 1976 he went to
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high school at Pasadena High where his mother says he was the victim of bullying after finishing high school
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emil completed a three-year electronics engineering degree at university and in 1988 emil opened up his own computer
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business selling computer parts offering servicing and repairs as well as writing
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some software but the business was a failure and never got off the ground he later married and had a son but the
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marriage didn't last his wife left him after leaving his wife and children in Denver Larry Phillips jr. returned to
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Los Angeles where he hooked back up with his buddy and meal mater Serrano a meal
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fresh off his failed business venture and Larry fresh off his failed bodybuilding real estate in scheme
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endeavors got together to work out what they're going to do to make it rich well
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maybe a more accurate description was Larry tried to work out what he was going to do to make a rich and how a
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meal was going to help him do it Larry had big dreams of a rich extravagant lifestyle this is a person who used to
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drive to rich neighborhoods and park outside of a house he liked and then picture himself living there
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Larry wouldn't bring anybody into his inner circle without a plan for how he could use them to his advantage he was
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the type of person that would try and break people down and build them back up so he could control them Larry was the
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manipulator Emile was the follower he did whatever Larry said it was the 20th of July 1993 when they committed their
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first armed robbery they ambushed an armored car outside a branch of First Bank in Littleton Colorado it was the
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start of a spate of robberies that would lead Larry Anam eel to be dubbed the high incident bandits they weren't
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suspects for the robbery at the time police had no idea who was responsible so when they'll hold over three months
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later police didn't know Larry animal had already committed a violent armed robbery it was the 29th of October 1993
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when Larry and Emil were pulled over in Glendale California Larry was driving an Emil was in the
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front passenger seat they were stopped by sergeant Ingram's when questioned Larry said he had left
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these Lawson's at home and he gave a false name sergeant groans then asked who's carat
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watts to which Emil replied it was Larry's mother's car sergeant Grimes had already done a check and knew it was
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actually an airport rental he got Larry to step out of the car and when he patted him down he found a Glock pistol
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with an extended 33 round magazine then he heard a thud from inside the car that
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was a mule dropping his own pistol underneath the passenger seat sergeant groans called for assistance and covered
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Larry and Emile until backup arrived when they got there a search of the car uncovered a semi-automatic rifle and a
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spring fuel pistol belonging to Larry and a semi-automatic rifle and a Colt pistol belonging to a meal along with
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the firearms the police also found a heap of 30-round magazines as well as a heap of 75 round drum magazines combined
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they contained a total of 1649 rounds of thirty nine millimeter ammo they also found nine hundred and sixty
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seven rounds of 9-millimeter and a three hundred and fifty seven rounds of 45 mo6
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smoke bombs two improvised explosive devices one gas mask two sets of body armor - police scanners sunglasses
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gloves week's ski masks and a stopwatch - spray cans of hair color three different sets
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of Californian license plates and one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars in cash they'll both arrested and taken
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to Glendale police station the police were convinced they just stopped a bank robbery from happening and given what
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was to come they were obviously right Larry Phillips jr. was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery grand theft
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auto unlawful weapons activity carrying a loaded concealed firearm and felony perjury Emile mater Serrano was charged
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with conspiracy to commit robbery unlawful weapons activity and carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle at their
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preliminary hearing the grand theft auto charge and the perjury charge against Larry were dropped on the remaining
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charges that are facing eight years jail each the problem was neither Larry or Emile said a word and the police had no
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other information to go on so it was difficult to prove they were going to commit a robbery even though that was
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the logical conclusion given the Arsenal and the disguises they were feeling with
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there was another thing to prove it in court at their arraignment they gave a story that the disguises were in
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preparation for a Halloween party and that they had the weapons an mo because they were headed to a shooting range
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in exchange for early guilty pleas the DA dropped their conspiracy robbery charges and allowed Larry and Emil to
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play to much lesser charges Larry was sentenced to 99 days jail with three years probation Emil was sentenced to 71
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days jail with three years probation both were actually released straightaway due to time already served the date was
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the 27th of December 1993 Larry was still wanted in Denver on the rental property scam but for unknown reasons
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Denver authorities didn't pursue him he wasn't extradited back there to face punishment
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so essentially Larry was a free man it was about 18 months later on the 14th of June 1995 that Larry Anam you'll hit
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another armored car Firmin Cook was a guard working for Brinks security he was working on an armored car doing cash
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drop-offs and pickups to banks Herman had just made a drop-off to the Bank of America on Roscoe Boulevard Winnetka Los
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Angeles he was walking back to the armored car with an empty money bag it was here that Herman was completely
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ambushed shot multiple times without warning you know completely unprovoked attack Herman staggered his way back to
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the front of the armored car where he collapsed he was never even able to draw his firearm his partner Philippe Cortez
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was in the armored car at the time Emile then opened fire on the car while Larry made the approach Philippe was
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able to get a few shots off he said he even hit one of them but it did nothing but stagger them Ackley Sandow were
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wearing body armor Philippe was also shot in the attack [Music] Larry was able to reach into the car and
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grab a bag of money he and Emile then escaped making off with a hundred and twenty two thousand dollars
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Philippe survived but Herman wasn't so lucky he died as a result of his gunshot wounds after that robbery Larry and
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Emile decided to change tactics they decided to go for thanks no more armored cars on the second of May 1996 just
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before 10 a.m. Larry animal burst through the doors of the bank of america on Woodman Avenue
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van nuys both were armed with automatic rifles after yelling at everyone get on the [ __ ] floor
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Emile started shooting through the armored till a door due to the type of weapon and caliber of bullet Emile was
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using he shot the door open easily he you're now for the manager who identified herself he forced her to open
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the vault and Emile started filling up a large bag with cash Larry remained out in the foyer area of
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the bank keeping an eye on the customers and other staff members they were inside
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the bank for around 6 minutes and managed to get away with 750 5048 dollars only four weeks later on May 31st Larry
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Anam you'll burst through the doors of the Bank of America on Roscoe Boulevard when a car the same bank they robbed the
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armored van outside of killing herman cook about a year earlier very similar to the previous bank robbery they
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yielded everybody to get down one of the tellers managed to hit the Solon alarm before diving onto the floor
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Emil shot his way through the teller door grabbed the manager and forced her to open the bottle two bank employees
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were struck by ricochets but they survived Emil was screaming at the manager to fill up his bag he was
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becoming agitated at the amount of money that was in the vault or the lack of money he kept screaming where's the rest
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of it and he made several threats to kill the manager what had happened was that Larry Anam you had done
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surveillance on the bank and saw what they thought was a cash delivery from an armored car what they had actually seen
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was a cash pickup that's why there wasn't as much money in the vault as they had planned despite being
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disappointed in the hall they still managed to steal seven hundred and ninety-four thousand two hundred dollars
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although there were several marked bills in amongst the cash they got lucky that
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day to the police were thin on the ground and it took them much longer to respond to the alarm than usual Larry
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and Emil were in the bank for close to eight minutes most other days the police would have been there by then but on
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this occasion they weren't and they managed to get away the police still had no suspects for the robberies they had a
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nickname though the high incident bandits but nobody knew who they were it would be nine months before they struck
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again branch 384 of the Bank of America is located at 6600 Laurel Canyon Boulevard
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North Hollywood Larry and Emil had done their homework staking out the bank learning the layout formulating their
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plan and observing armored car drop-offs and pickups they arrived at the bank about 9:15 a.m. emil drove the white
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shelf with blackened out windows into the northern parking lot via arch wood street they weren't
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mucking around larry was wearing a Kevlar body armor vest a groin protector and by using additional vests he had
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made improvised armor for his shins thighs and forearms his upper arms weren't protected but he was still
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pretty well covered the body armor weighed 43 pounds in total or about 20 kilos he also wore a load-bearing vest
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that contained ammunition Peters as well as a belt that contains several campaign
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piazzas which is where he stories ammunition drums in for the automatic rifles he also had a shoulder holster
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which was carrying a pistol he wore black gloves with a watch face glued to the back of the left cloth he was
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dressed in long black pants and a long-sleeved dark colored shirt with a black jacket over the top Emile was
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virtually dressed the same with a very similar setup right down to the glued watch base on the back of his glove
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although he didn't have quite as much body armor as Larry his legs and arms weren't as well protected as if they
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didn't look intimidating enough they were both of a very large build remember it was their interesting body building
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that allowed them to meet and as they had done with the previous robberies they covered their faces with black ski
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masks between them they had three ak-47 style fully automatic assault rifles with 100
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ryo demo drums as well as two other assault rifles the rifles had been illegally modified to fire fully
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automatic they also had two 9-millimeter handguns and a 38 caliber revolver between them they had close to 3,000
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rounds of ammo including armor-piercing rounds these were weapons that were designed
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for war war they set their watches for a time of 8 minutes the maximum time they
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believed they had until police would arrive they then made their move armed with an ak-47 assault rifle each plus
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their handguns they walked to the northern doorway of the bank a distance of about 32 feet or 10 meters from where
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they had parked the time was 917 a.m. they left their other assault rifles in the Chev along with the police radio as
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I were entering the bank an LAPD North Hollywood patrol vehicle was driving down Laurel Canyon Boulevard just on a
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routine patrol pure luck right place at the right time or wrong place depending on which way you look at it the patrol
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car was being driven by Officer Perillo officer Farrell was in the passenger seat
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after spotting Larry and a mule they swung the police car into the southern parking lot of the Bank of America and
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took up positions behind their patrol car covering the bank Farrell then made the first broadcast Kitteridge
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there was a foyer containing three ATMs at the northern entrance to the bank a customer was using one of the ATMs when
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he felt somebody approached him from behind turning around he got quite the shock when he saw Larry anymore Larry
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Phillips said okay [ __ ] let's go not about to argue the customer went willingly with Larry and Emil and
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walked inside the bank with them as soon as I entered the bank Emile started firing his rifle into the roof yelling
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everyone down Larry yard this is a [ __ ] hold up everyone dear [ __ ] nobody argued although one
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of the tellers was able to hit the holdup alarm before diving to the floor the inside of the bankers h-11 and five
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others are the bank of america north of not tremble we're on camera Lord the kitchen to the big door in front of the
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beam just like the previous bank robberies Emil approached the teller door and shut
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his way through it the door was bullet-resistant designed to stop any pistol round but it was no
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match for Emile's high-powered automatic assault rifle once he got through the door Emil yelled get the money or we
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will kill you Joe Vuli grana the branch's assistant manager got up and made himself known
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Emil laying the rifle at him and told him to open the vault as I'll making their way there Emil struck him in the
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back of the head with the rifle there were about thirty people in the banking total including five people in the
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safety deposit box room as a meal and Joe walked past that room heading towards the vault and will shut off more
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rounds into the roof screaming at the people in a safety deposit box room big area
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Larry remained out in the lobby of the bank keeping control of the customers and other employees meanwhile officer
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Farrell kept the radio transmissions coming telling the other police where people set up the next stop assist
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arrived on scene when detectives Tracy Angela's and William Krulak they arrived about 9:19 a.m. and pulled up in a
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parking lot opposite the bank's entrance on the western side sergeant Murray Haynes was next on scene he blocked off
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the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard in arch which Street which was north of the Bank
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so he had a view of the door Larry and Emil attempted it's believed that Larry and Emil had no idea the police are
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outside at this time they didn't have their police radio with them they left that out in the ship there were a few
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civilian witnesses hanging outside the bank Tracy Fischer Michael Horan and Barry
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Golding they saw sergeant Haines arrive and they'll approach him to know what they had seen less than 30 seconds later
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Larry walked out of the bank he must have been tipped somehow that the police were there possibly hearing sirens or
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seeing a patrol car sergeant Haines made this broadcast I think somebody just came out of the
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America advisors I know in person has exited the bank [Music] Larry walked out of the northern exit he
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casually looked around and surveyed the scene not looking concerned at all from his position he probably would have only
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been able to see the patrol car of sergeant Haines so it might not have looked that bad to him but there were
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other police there not to mention the large amounts still on the way after having a look around Larry turned around
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and calmly walked back inside the bank shortly after this officer Martin Whitfield arrived and parked next to
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sergeant Haines while this was going on Emil had gained entry to the vault but progress was slow due to the cache being
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separated into different lockable boxes this was designed to slow down bank robberies and it was working
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once he walked back inside the bank Larry walked over to a security guard who was lying down on the lobby floor he
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put his foot on his neck pointed his rifle at him and said if you move [ __ ] I would kill you when I
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tell you I want you to move all these people to the vault the security guard nodded Larry then
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walked off shooting his rifle into the roof screaming nobody look at me or I will kill you back inside the vault
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Emile was becoming furious there was no any of the amount of money you thought there would be due to the large amount
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of recent robberies including the two at Van Nuys and we netkar that Larry and Emil had committed the bank of America
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had changed its delivery schedule the North Hollywood branch still hadn't received their cash delivery he started
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firing his weapon out of frustration the police outside the bank could hear all this automatic gunfire being led off
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the call was put in for SWAT to attend [Music] from the suspects at Laurel Canyon north
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of church at the Bank of America police had the bank surrounded officer Haynes and Whitfield were at the
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intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and arch Wood Street to the north they had a good view of the northern
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doorway officer Brent lingo was east of their position covering the northeastern
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side of the bank first officers on the scene Farrell and perello were still in position in the southern parking lot
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detectives croolik and Angela's had been joined by officers of war van and officer guy in the parking lot opposite
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the bank on the western side and there was still plenty more police officers on the way back inside the vault
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Joe had placed three hundred and three thousand three hundred and five dollars inside in the ORS bag but in amongst all
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that cash were three dye packs Emile walked out of the vault towards the teller door Larry Nadia talk bank
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employee open the door open the [ __ ] door she complied Larry then yelled to the
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security guard then it was time to move the people to the vault Larry and Emil had been inside the bank
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for seven minutes it was near 9:24 a.m. and it was at this time that Larry burst
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through the northern door of the bank looking straight up towards the intersection of arch Wood Street and
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Laurel Canyon Boulevard where offices Haynes and Whitfield were within a second of hesitation
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Larry opened fire first at Haynes patrol car the three civilian witnesses were still in that area too they all
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immediately died for cover when the shooting started Whitfield was behind his patrol car which was parked mr.
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Haynes Larry took aim at that and unleashed on him as well the bullets easily ripped through the
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car and struck officer we filled up on your location our unit by now is united by this ride shots fired five hundred at
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Laurel Canyon we have our unit just ease your clicking have Latonya Norton Kitteridge at the bank of America shots
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are being fired we often stay down shot by being fired from an ak-47 there's an officer down as
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Larry started firing to the north officers at Moravian saw an opportunity he was to the southwest of him taking
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cover behind the locksmiths kiosk with officer guy and detectives crew lack in DeAngelis
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so in effect Larry almost had his back turned to serve our vans position Zipporah van took the opportunity he
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stepped out from behind his cover and fired two shots from his pump-action shotgun some of the pellets did strike
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Larry in the back one even found a gap in his body armor and struck him directly the hit caused Larry to stumble
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but he didn't fall he turned to reenter face sir Borov Ian who by now was making
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his way back behind the locksmith kiosk Larry opened up on the kiosk foring over a hundred rounds into the
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building it was very flimsy cover bullets were going through the walls easily ricocheting everywhere the
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officers hit the ground suburbian and guy had body armor but the two detectives didn't realizing this zubarev
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and placed his body over the top of Detective Angeles and only a few seconds later it was shot twice he started
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bleeding heavily the officers are now we have after having and we are declaring attack
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alert RA is a real plus being notified to airlift after unloading on the locksmith kiosk
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Larry turned around back to the north back towards Whitfield pains and the three civilian witnesses Haynes was
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broadcasting on the police radio when larry opened fire again this time he struck Haynes hitting him in the upper
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left arm the patrol car was offering only minimal protection the bullets were destroying it and
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mostly going straight through it Tracy Fischer could see her cupboard dwindling away she tried to make a run
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for it but she was struck in the foot before she got anywhere she dropped back down behind the patrol car Horan had
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also been struck with a bullet so there was now three people behind the patrol car of Haynes who had been wounded
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including Haynes himself back behind the locksmith kiosk detective crew like ASP
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officers Borov and if he could run despite being shot zaboor events any could they tried to get the safety using
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vehicles in the parking lot as cover but larry spotted them and unleashed more bullets they were hit and cut with the
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glass and other fragments of the cars and the ground Krulak was struck in the right ankle
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they managed to spot a doorway and made a run for it Larry still peppering them with bullets
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they managed to crash through it they didn't have time to stop and open the door so they just dived right through
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the glass the doorway was an entrance to a dentist surgery also using the cars as
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cover detective Angela's an officer guy tried to escape as well Larry turned his
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attention to them and sprayed them with bullets they dive for cover behind the cars the total time Larry had been
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firing at the place was about three minutes during that time he fired approximately 300 rounds and wounded
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several officers and civilians at 9:27 a.m. Larry walked back inside the bank the police had no answer for that
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onslaught one officer put it best when he said I was in the wrong place with the wrong gun the bullet sir police were
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using were incapable of penetrating Larry's body armor and as most of his body was covered with body armor the
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police were basically no chance of striking Larry on the other hand had an automatic assault rifle with
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armor-piercing rounds that were going straight through the police cars and walls with ease it wasn't a fair fight
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as Larry walked back inside the bank the bore of em was calling out for help inside the dentist's surgery dr. Montez
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came to his aid detective Krulak was inside covering the entrance just in case Larry decided to
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come after them [Music] yeah so I had more and more officers were arriving taking up positions around
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the perimeter at 9:30 a.m. Larry walked back outside this time he had a meal with him they both carried the bag of
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money through the doorway as they walked out the door they both opened fire so this time there
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were two people shooting at officer guy and detective into us upstairs in the dentist office suburbian was looking out
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the window and he could see what was going on he yelled into the police radio officer
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guy into the building behind you he was trying to direct his fellow officer the safety but officer guy was pinned down
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by the heavy fire the bullets ripped through the car he was taking cover behind and he was struck in the right
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thigh he took off his gun belt and used it as a makeshift torniquet which would actually save his life detective Angeles
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was also wounded the police were basically helpless at this point most of the original responders had been wounded
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SWAT still hadn't arrived they were actually on a training exercise at the police academy when the call came
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through Larry and Emile continued to fire at anything that moved [Music] despite being completely surrounded they
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calmly left the entrance of the bank and walked out into the open already wounded officers Haynes and
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Whitfield we're still behind their patrol cars with the three civilians when they saw Larry Anam you'll leave
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the bank and now we're actually moving towards their position they made a quick decision to try and protect the
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civilians and draw the fire away from them so Haynes of Whitfield got up and ran during the fire towards them Haynes
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managed to reach a nearby tree line taking cover but he was wounded again in the left shin Whitfield took cover
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behind a nearby tree but not before being shot through the thigh the bullet shattered his femur putting him in a
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really bad way he managed to crawl his way to behind the tree not satisfied with badly wounding him Larry nermal
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continued to fire heavily in his direction they were trying to finish him off [Music]
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there were nail offices down everywhere coffee help in the building pouring parking lot if possibly also also an
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offer down a victory in our foot in the building use market multiple authors hit
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they're sitting in a tank for the officer oh yeah citywide TAC alert we are now on TAC alert due to a unusual
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occurrence in North Hollywood division a citywide tracker maybe a helicopters had
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started to a robonia and now we're capturing the first pictures of this madness that would be broadcast around
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the world a police helicopter was also circling above giving updates on what they could see from the air
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Larry carried the bag containing the money to the chef Emile was still shooting offering Larry covering fire by
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near the dye packs had exploded but a lot of the money was still actually usable that wasn't all the limiters
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Larry dropped the bag next to the chef and grabbed some more ammunition Emile wasn't too far behind him
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going through the front door the suspect or exiting through the north exiting the
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bank on the north side of the building on with ak-47 wearing heavy body armor firing officers stay down party air unit
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as Emile was making his way to the chef he was grazed above the right eye with a
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bullet the wound was only a few millimeters away from killing him he was extremely lucky he dropped to one
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knee behind the chef while he assessed the damage once he realized he was okay he jumped into the chef he also had a
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gunshot wound to the calf by now Larry though didn't seem too interested in getting in the car he was still
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shooting at anything and everything I know a lot more officers were on scene and he himself has been fired upon from
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multiple positions he was shot at least three times in this particular exchange but none of the bullets put him down
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whilst waiting for SWAT to arrive the North Hollywood watch commander put a call out for any available officers to
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go to a nearby B&B gun store and get some bigger guns that would have the ability to get through Larry and Emile
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was body armor I want to go to the EAD you pick a wet weapon just beyond Panjal everybody available
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to beacon crash 40 wasn't going to get done several units responded to the call the store wasn't open when they got
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there but they managed to get the staffs attention who were inside they opened up
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and the shop owner instructed his staff to give the police whatever they wanted Larry made his way back to the chef and
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swap weapons [Music] [Music] why he didn't get into the car to start the getaway at this point nobody knows
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instead he took a knee in front of the chef aimed upward and started firing at the helicopters Larry was shot again but
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the body armor was still holding up he continued firing non-stop Emile open the passenger door beckoning for Larry
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to get in but Larry slammed the door shut he was in the spot taking multiple hits Larry still wasn't going down the
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body armor was too effective that left only one place to aim the call was put it up to aim for the head meanwhile
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officer Whitfield had been keeping radio contact but it was starting to get touch-and-go
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we have an officer down victory left of law and he needs help call three is Pappy out
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left of the 170 freeway at victory the obsolete help immediately to officers who responded to the office of the uncle
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where Anthony Kabu NOC and Todd Schmitz I believe what happened is that they were responding to officer Whitfield's
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call but in doing so they came across detective Angeles and officer guy who were also wounded and still pinned down
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taking cover in the parking lot opposite the bank officer kibou knock grabs officer guy and pulled him up into the
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car detective Angeles was able to get herself in officer Schmitz then reversed harshly back out of the parking lot and
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got angela's and guy medical help it's around this time that SWAT arrived they immediately got to work rescuing
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the other injured officers and the injured civilians they got hold of an armored car to assist in the rescue so
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doctor is rescued Fire Department has set up to them so the fire station 89 and bringing in the helicopter think
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about Brina after when he'd rescue - five seconds five patient and I they have unit standing by in Laurel Canyon
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[Music] on Laurel Canyon - officer is down unconscious after that down cover behind
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the tree - is being notify we're trying to get someone in for him Amil put the chevy motion deciding it
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was time to try and leave emil drove slowly and larry walking next to the car continuing to shoot at anything you
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could eventually they slowly made their way out of the parking lot turning right onto arch wood street
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Larry's still walking next to the ship Larry walked along the footpath beside a large truck with a long trailer that was
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parked on the side of the road Emile continued driving east on arch wood but officers were waiting Larry got shot
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twice more forcing him back to take cover behind the truck trailer but Emile was still driving east
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so no one else separated from the parking lot we've got one thing that doc put the suspect on foot behind a long
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trailer in a vehicle trailer eastbound near arch woods officer Torres had a clear shot and
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unloaded 12 bullets into the chef the shots caused the meal to accelerate harshly creating an even bigger gap
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between him and his partner Larry was in big trouble back behind the truck trailer suffering from several bad
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gunshot wounds one of which was going to be fatal if he didn't get attended to now he's rifle jammed as well and he
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couldn't clear it he dropped the rifle and pulled out a Beretta pistol and started walking east again along arch
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would eyes would weigh up ahead he could see a meal still in the chef Emile wasn't waiting you know he had his own
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problems being pursued by other officers and at least seven officers stood in Larry's path Larry continued firing at
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them with the Beretta but he was shot yet again he was near suffering about eleven gunshot wounds the latest one
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struck him in the hand which caused him to drop the pistol he picked it back up off the ground put it under his chin and
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shot himself in the head he died instantly Larry Phillips jr. was 26 years old [Music]
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meanwhile up the road Emil was closely being followed by police on the Grant and helicopters in the air he quickly
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realized he needed to swap cars as the ship was leaking fuel had flat tires and wouldn't be drivable for much longer he
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was still driving east on arch wood street when a red Ford sedan dragged towards him obviously seeing the shut up
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beetle and a meal behind the wheel the red Ford started to reverse Emil got out of his chef and motion for the red Ford
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to come back it didn't so Emil started firing all of this was being caught on footage times were getting desperate for
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a meal and to get away was near looking close to impossible he got back into the
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chef and just sat there doing nothing he sat there for over 10 seconds before finally acting again you put the chef
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into drive and continued east along arch wood Street about between eleven setback
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he found another target a 1962 Jade gladiator being driven by Bill Maher Emil started firing through the
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windscreen at the Jeep and that was enough for bill to stop and get it up and run Emil pulled up next to the jury
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he got here and dumped these weapons and ammo into it he got in and attempted to
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drive off and he couldn't get the car started [Music] and it was at this time that a police
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car containing three SWAT officers Donnie Anderson Steve Gomez and Richard Messer were flying down arch woods
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straight towards Emile Emile was now in the Jeep pacing west on art wood the SWAT officers were heading east so they
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were head-on in an incredibly brave move he just drove straight at Emile pulling
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up the car at an angle directly in front of the Jeep when he saw the SWAT officers pull up Emile jumped out and
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took cover back behind the shed so there was only about thirty feet or ten meters
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distance between the SWAT officers and Emile and there were three cars in between them they then engaged in a
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fierce gun battle between I lost a bad light for crossfire Emile was struck several times but was saved by his body
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armor yet again it didn't take the SWAT officers long to realize that if they fired underneath the vehicles they would
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be able to hit the legs of a mule which were protected by body armor their plan worked
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they hit a meal multiple times in the legs one bullet actually shattered his leg but still a meal wasn't giving up he
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kept trying to fire the SWAT officers but SWAT were winning the battle Emil was hit several more times and
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eventually they finally stopped him Emil collapsed dropping his weapon and SWAT pantsed on him that exchange lasted
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just under two minutes the time was near 1001 p.m. after 44 minutes of mayhem the
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North Hollywood shootout was over but the scene was obviously still chaotic injured officers and injured civilians
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everywhere and the police still weren't entirely sure if they had all the gunmen
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or if there was still one more on the loose the scene and surrounding areas wouldn't be fully cleared until over 12
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hours later Amil was down but he was still alert he was placed under the guard of detectives
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James watch ticky and officer John future Emil had been shot 29 times he stayed alive for just over an hour but
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an ambulance never got to him in time and he died at the scene he was aged 30 years old a few years later
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Emile's family filed a civil suit against the LAPD and specifically the two officers who were guarding him
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the LAPD responded by saying a standard procedure not to allow paramedics into what was called the hot zone putting
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them in danger they maintained they were of the belief that there was at least one and possibly more gunmen still on
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the loose it was alleged in the court case that paramedics had made their way to Emile's location while he was still
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alive but one of the officers told them to leave it is also alleged other paramedics were heading that way but
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their attendance was canceled by Officer future all over the air some people say they deliberately let
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him die the LAPD maintained that they were following standard procedure the jury couldn't decide the case
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resulted in a hung jury after that result Emile's family ended up dropping the civil suit during that
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44 minutes emil and larry had fired about 1100 grants the police had fired about 650 reals over three hundred
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police officers attended in what was a citywide tactical alert certainly two officers in total fired their weapons at
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a meal and Larry at one point or another 17 officers were awarded the Medal of Valor which is the LAPD's highest honor
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awarded for bravery or heroism above and beyond the normal demands of police service a total of 11 police and seven
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civilians were injured but by some miracle the only people that lost their lives that they were Larry Phillips jr.
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and Emil Madison Oh don't burn guys in here this may have your hunter brother black and right
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there out brought up all the black and wife is the vocation are unusable there have shots fired
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